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Type specimens, samples of live individuals and the Galapagos Pink Land Iguana

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  • 1. Fundación ProAves, 33 Blenheim Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7RT, UK tdonegan@proaves.org or thomasdonegan@yahoo.co.uk

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Donegan, Thomas M. (2009): Type specimens, samples of live individuals and the Galapagos Pink Land Iguana. Zootaxa 2201 (1): 12-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2201.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2201.1.3

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